Example sentences of "there may be something [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , there may be something worth learning from that person . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , there may be something to be said for the notion of denunciation . |
| 3 | Finally , there may be something to be said for a non-exhaustive list of situations in which consent will be negatived . |
| 4 | His arrival at the Ministry has raised hopes that there may be something of particular interest in the Queen 's Speech for those Scottish regiments threatened with amalgamation under Options for Change . |
| 5 | In old males the tusks grow to a great length and are often broken , as if by combat , so there may be something in this theory . |
| 6 | Froissart suggests that Edward intervened in Brittany merely to distract Philip , and there may be something in this ; but it was also important for him to protect the sea route from England to Aquitaine around the Finistère peninsula , and above all the allegiance of the Duke of Brittany would be a great prize in Edward 's campaign to undermine Philip VI 's authority in France . |
| 7 | The smoke rising from the five chimneys of Auschwitz-Birkenau is a downer , although he thinks there may be something in my idea of complementary smoke rising from the savannah . |
| 8 | There may be something in the view that many environmental regulations in the United States are over-stringent , but an insurance market that boasts of insuring all risks , and which is paid for doing to , can not logically complain when unforeseen risks are realized . |
| 9 | GUIL : There may be something in the letter to keep us going a bit . |
| 10 | Even so , a verse attributed to the contemporary poet Stefnir Thorgilsson , which refers to a man with a crooked nose who betrayed Swegen out of his land , indicates that there may be something in the exile story after all . |
| 11 | People in the tiny Russell 's Water Community believe there may be something in that . |
| 12 | And e e e even if it 's not general th there may be something in the argument this , this , this was what was happening in |